Sutra 9
सैन्यमनेकमनेकस्थमुक्तमनुक्तं वा विलोपार्थं यदुत्तिष्ठति तदौत्साहिकं अभक्तवेतनं विलोपविष्टिप्रतापकरं भेद्यं परेषामभेद्यं तुल्यदेशजातिशिल्पप्रायं संहतं महत् । इति बलोपादानकालाह् ॥ कZ_०९.२.०९ ॥
sainyam anekam aneka-stham uktaṃ anuktaṃ vā vilopārthaṃ yad uttiṣṭhati tad autsāhikaṃ; abhakta-vetanaṃ vilopa-viṣṭi-pratāpa-karaṃ bhedyaṃ pareṣām abhedyaṃ tulya-deśa-jāti-śilpa-prāyaṃ saṃhataṃ mahat | iti bala-upādāna-kālāḥ |
A force that rises up in many places, composed of many elements—whether summoned or unsummoned—primarily for plunder, is an “impulse/venture” force (autsāhika). It is unpaid or irregularly paid, lives by seizure and forced labor, is formidable, can be split/turned (bhedya) though difficult for others to split, and is largely united by common locality, community, and occupation; it is cohesive and large. These are the conditions relevant to raising forces.
FAQs
It is sustained by plunder and coercion rather than regular pay, so it can drift into predation, indiscipline, and bargaining/defection when incentives change.
Internally it can be induced to split through targeted incentives and leadership manipulation; externally, its shared identity and cohesion can make rival attempts at splitting it harder unless intelligence is precise.